Pocket for garments.



H. BLUMBERG.

POCKET FOR GARMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG 21v 1912.

1 QKQ 1 Q V Patented July 8, 1913.

STATES PilEN T OFFICE.

'HYMAN BLUMBERG, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF '10 JOSEPH SA'DQWSKIE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

- POCKET FOB, GARMENTS.

IJB67212.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 8, 1913.

Application filed au ust 21', 1912. Serial No. 716,136.

To all whom it may concern:

the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garments and particularly to garments for mens wear and. especially to nether garments such as tron-g sers or pantaloons, -v and the object of the'im vention is to provide an improved secret pocket, which is particularly adapted to be made inside of the hip pockets of the trousers,-'although it will be obvious that such improved secret pocket may be as readily applied to pockets of any other garments, the particular object "of the invention being to provide a secret pocket which will be readily accessible but fully concealed, economical in material and work of construction, and strong, simple, safe and reliable.

With these objects, and such .'.other "objects as may'herein appear, in view, the invention consists in the improved secret pocket, the construction, arrangement and combination of the parts of which will be hereinafter fully described and afterward specifically claimed.

In order that its construction and operation maybe readily comprehended, I Wlll now roceed with a full, clear and specific description of the invention, having reference to the accompanying drawings, which show an approved, embodiment thereof, and in which- 4 Figure 1 represents a view in elevation of my improved pocket applied in a garment, parts being broken away for clearness of illustration. Fig. 2 represents a vertical sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the broken line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3

represents a horizontal sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the broken line 3 3 of Fig. 1.,

Iiike'reference characters mark the same parts wherever they occur in the drawings.

1 Referring specifically to the drawings, 10 indicates the outer material of a garment and 11 the slit therein forming the opening or mouth of the pocket, of the usual shape, 12 the usual pocket, and 13 my improved secret pocket and 14 a' flap secured to the inside of the material forming the upper edge of the pocket opening. The upper and of which will be made around the pocket opening.

lower edges of the slit or pocket opening 11 may be reinforced in any usual or approved manner but as such reinforcement may be varied at will and forms no part of the present invention, I have not shown it in the drawings. Suitable lines of stitching The usual pocket 12 and my secret pocket 13 are preferably formed of a singlepiece of material positioned inside of the outer material 10, and as at 15, there is placed the upper edge of the flap 14, the same being and the material forming the upper edge of the pocket opening and secured by the same stitching .16 although separate seams of upward to the point 18 at the top of the said pocket 13 from whence it is turned insecured between this material of the pocket I ward .anddownward as at 19 to form the inner wall of the pocket 12 and at the bottom of said pocket 12 as at 20 it is again folded horizontally or turned inward and upward to form the outer wall 21 of the pocket 12, to the upper edge ofopening thereof, as at 22, where it is secured by stitching 23,. which may or may not be the usual line of stitching in the outer material 10 forming the lower edge of the pocket opening 11.

Vertical rows of stitching, as at 2 1 secure the ed es of the several folds of the material o the The flap 14 is preferably of two thick-- nesses of material and between these. thicknesses, the socket member 25 of a ball and socket fastening is secured, projecting inwardly through the inner thickness of the flap and exposing its mouth or opening to receive the ball member 26 which 1s secured between the outer wall of the pocket 13 and the inner wall of the pocket 12, projecting through said outer wall in position to engage 1n the socket member. Y

The secret pocket 13- is located entirely within the. usual pocket 12 and in order that a pickpocket may not discover that there "was a'. secret pocket inside said usual pocket, the secret pocket is made longer than the usual pocket andso positioned relative pockets, thereby finishing their bag-like form.

'secret pocket and inasmuch as the outer pocket member of the fastening is covered, as described, by the outer thickness of the flap, said fastening will not be encountered by a-hand .slippedinto the usual pocket 12, whereby the existence of the secret pocket will not be revealed.

Changesandvariations maybe made in the construction of the partswithin the limits of the claim without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what 'Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Let- I ters Patent of the United States is In a garment, an ordinary and a secret pocket, one of said pockets being longer than the other, said pockets being formed of a single piece of material folded horizontally in succession at several points to form'the bottoms and vertical walls of said pockets, one of said folds being adjacent to the upper edges of said pockets forming the top edge of a double intermediate wall dividing the two pockets, a'flap for said secret pocket formed of a double layer of material, a socket fastener securedbetween the layers of said flap and projecting inwardly through the inner layer leaving the outer layer smooth and unobstructed on one side, and a ball fastener adapted to cooperate with said socket fastener secured between the layers of the double intermediate wall to leave the wall of the secret pocket unobstructed.

y In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

H/YMAN BLUMBERG. Witnesses:

' EfWALTON BREWINGTON,

MARY M. MAGRAW. 

